Gestalt supervision extension

Key details

Dates | 27 & 28 November, 9.30am to 4.30pm (Thu/Fri)

Duration | 2 days

Location | Elie, Gestalt Centre Training Campus, 27 Royal Parade Parkville, VIC 3052

Fee | $700 (includes GST)

Facilitators | Leanne O'Shea and Tony Jackson

About this event

Join us on November 27-28 for our supervision extension program. This year, we’ll explore the themes of relational ethics and clinical hospitality, building on the Matrix model of supervision. Last year’s demonstration work was well-received, so we plan to incorporate more demonstrations and practice opportunities into this workshop.

This event is part of a series of annual workshops designed to foster a vibrant community of practice for gestalt supervisors: providing opportunities to continue the exchange of insights to deepen our collective understanding.

Why attend this workshop

Reconnect with fellow supervisors, share experiences, and strengthen professional bonds.

Engage in hands-on exercises and case discussions to enhance your practical skills in gestalt supervision.

Witness live demonstrations of gestalt supervision techniques by experienced facilitators, providing valuable insights and inspiration for your own practice.

Learn about specialised topics. Dive deep into the nuanced areas of working with co-transference, including working with erotic transference and utilising group supervision as an enlivening tool for professional extension.

Who should attend?

This is a 2-day follow-up workshop for those who have already completed relational gestalt supervision training at Gestalt Therapy Australia.

About your facilitators

Leanne O'Shea

DPsych, BTheol., MSc, FellowMGANZ

Leanne O'Shea is a psychotherapist, supervisor and educator. She studied the Gestalt approach in Melbourne and London.

In addition to her private practice work, she holds a number of teaching positions, including the Director of Training at Gestalt Therapy Australia. She is also an Associate with Relational Change in the UK.

She is interested in creating greater awareness of and sensitivity to our relational responsibility and is particularly passionate about the place of sexuality and the erotic within the therapeutic relationship.

Tony Jackson, Managing Director, Gestalt Centre

B.Theol, BA.Psych, GradDip.Counselling, AdvDip.Gestalt Therapy, GradDip.Supervision, M.GANZ

Tony is a psychotherapist, facilitator and coach with over 20 years of experience. Tony works with people to support resilience and wellbeing and helps them develop a sense of vitality and choice in their lives. He provides supervision for psychotherapists which assists them to deepen their own personal and professional capacities. Tony also provides training for individuals and groups that focuses on building responsiveness to individual and group needs in emergent situations.

About the Gestalt Centre

The Gestalt Centre is the heart of Melbourne’s Gestalt community. We offer a four-year psychotherapy training program through Gestalt Therapy Australia, staying true to the experiential roots of Gestalt while embracing cutting-edge developments in contemporary Gestalt thinking and practice worldwide.

We also operate ConnectGround, a community-based counselling and psychotherapy clinic. ConnectGround serves as both a training facility for psychotherapists and a provider of low-cost individual and group therapy for clients. The clinic emphasises the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist as a key support for building awareness and adaptability. Psychotherapy interns and volunteers gain valuable hands-on experience, enhancing their skills and professionalism through client work.